my science section grades are ps10 bs10. It just stays like that no matter how hard i try. it seems really hard for me improve to 13, does anyone have any suggestion? Please help!
Need some advice for improving science score pls help!!!
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Flashcards and careful review of the questions you get wrong on every test. Keep a notebook of things you are having difficulty with and review it. Do lots of practice problems and practice tests.
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My problem is that during exam I cannot make quick connection with what I know and apply it and I am not good at using passage data. I don't have enough time to think about it thoroughly so I always miss some point. Also every exam, I always miss read 2 questions no matter how I tell myself to read every single word do not rush when reading the questio🙁
Also for question analysis, how do i analyze the question?
For content review I don't know if I am doing the right thing. At first I used Princeton review, so i read everthing and do their practice problems, after I finished the practice problems people told me to used Berkeley review because their passages. So I tried it, but it seems really difficult if I don't read their chapters. If i read every chapter i might not have time I only Have one month left I dot know how to manage my time anymore.
Also for question analysis, how do i analyze the question?
For content review I don't know if I am doing the right thing. At first I used Princeton review, so i read everthing and do their practice problems, after I finished the practice problems people told me to used Berkeley review because their passages. So I tried it, but it seems really difficult if I don't read their chapters. If i read every chapter i might not have time I only Have one month left I dot know how to manage my time anymore.
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Maybe you are trying too hard to make those connections. Get what you can from the passage, but rather than stress if the connection isn't obvious, figure out what type of questions you are missing. I agree with Spinch that a thorough analysis of why you missed a question will prove very helpful in the long run. Keeping an error log (as BR recommends) or a notebook of challenging concepts (as Spinach recommends) are both very helpful at the stage you're at. It's the best way to improve. You are already doing it to some extent when you say that you miss two questions per passage by rushing. Often times what rushing comes down to is a trigger in your head will go off telling you that you've done this question before and you'll jump ahead to the answer pathway you recall from before. This can be fixed by doing a few tests without a timer and writing your thoughts down before you look at the answer choices. This will help you catch yourself before you make a mistake and will develop a good test-taking habit.
You DO NOT have to read each chapter. Instead, you need to sacrifice about a third of the passages in each section to your learning curve. BR passages and questions should be no harder or easier than most (okay, maybe they are a little harder than the average matterials), but what often happens to people when they switch to different materials is that the wording of questions seems different to them. Although stressful at first, this is very helpful. The MCAT you'll get will be written by several different people who write with different styles and have different expectations of what is common knowledge. The bigger the variety of questions you use in practice, the more prepared you'll be.
The most important thing you need to get from BR questions are the shortcuts and strategies discussed in the answer explanations. If you come across one that doesn't make sense at first, then looking back at the reading for an explanation of how to use it is essential. Where BR will prove helpful is developing a logical and time-efficient approach to every question. This is what BR does much better than anything else you'll find, so take advantage of their strength. The answer explanations are the most important thing you can read, and even if you aren't scoring well at first, you are growing. You should see improvement by the last passages you take in each section. Stay positive this last month and do as many BR questions as you can before your exam.
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